According to mic.com, even though research from the U.S. government shows that common myths about absentee black fathers are false, they persist. To challenge those myths, the Campaign for Black Male Achievement released a series of photos highlighting black family life.

The campaign coupled each photo, shot by photographer Zun Lee, with a statistic from a CDC study about black fatherhood:

1. Black dads are more involved with their kids on a daily basis than dads from other racial groups.